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"It's only a ht you would like a walk, so I have told

the boy to fetch your luggage in the donkey cart"

"A ill be very acceptable after sitting all day cooped up in a

railway-carriage"

"Well, now, tell

since that one letter you wrote after you turned up again What

adventures you have had, my dear fellow! and wasn't Valain?"

"No, Ellis, and that is all I can say to you now It is a long story,

and I would rather wait until later in the evening"

"All right, old fellow, in the sht they sat late, Cardo opening his

heart to his friend, recounting to him the tale of his unfortunate

illness in Australia, his return hoer and changed feelings towards hi in her utter rejection of hi!" said Gwynne Ellis, "I will not believe it It is anature and candid e in their characteristics, as to refuse to listen to reason, and

that from the lips of one whom she loved so passionately, as she did

you"

"That is ," said Cardo, "but alas! I have her oords to